"I struggled deeply with self love and self esteem. This challenged me by making me feel small and not worthy inside. This showed up for me by blocking me from the things and life I wanted to create, even felt called and destined to create. I felt deeply that there was more to life, to do with my life, yet I was blocked. I felt not worthy, too afraid, too shy, afraid to put myself out there powerfully at all."

"Before I started shadow integration and emotional exploration, I would be overrun and consumed by anxiety in my romantic relationships. I would run into the same fears and issues over and over again, resulting in panic attacks, lack of sleep, and exhaustion."

"I struggled with expressing my darkness/shadow/anger/resentments, etc.. I have done a 'wonderful' job of stuffing these feelings towards others and myself inside. Ever since I've been in touch with spirituality, and spiritual practices, I've been great and staying positive and spiritually-bypassing 'negative emotions'.. These practices and ways of coping were great short-term, not so much long-term.. The internally-bottled-up emotions resulted in me often feeling Un-Loved, Incomplete, and Hopeless in my Life and Closest Relationships."